{"id":663212,"date":"2026-05-11T22:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663212\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:59:10","slug":"trisha-krishnans-blue-saree-at-vijays-swearing-in-reminds-fans-of-aishwarya-rai-bachchans-iconic-look-with-atal-bihari-vajpayee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663212\/","title":{"rendered":"Trisha Krishnan\u2019s blue saree at Vijay\u2019s swearing-in reminds fans of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan\u2019s iconic look with Atal Bihari Vajpayee |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trisha The swearing-in ceremony of Thalapathy Vijay<\/a> as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu turned into one of the biggest talking points online this week. While videos from the event \u2014 ranging from the actor-politician\u2019s speech to his power dressing \u2014 quickly went viral, it was Trisha Krishnan<\/a> who unexpectedly grabbed social media\u2019s attention with her elegant appearance at the ceremony.The actress attended the event held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai, where she was seen greeting guests, hugging Vijay\u2019s mother and later leaving the venue amid heavy fan frenzy.<\/p>\n

Internet compares Trisha Krishnan\u2019s saree look to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan<\/p>\n

For the high-profile event, Trisha Krishnan opted for an ice-blue silk saree from Pothys. She paired the saree with a custom blouse by Niram and accessorised the look with diamond and ruby jewellery from GRT Jewellers.Keeping her styling traditional and understated, the actress completed the look with a low bun decorated with gajra, kohl-lined eyes and soft dewy makeup.Soon after pictures from the event surfaced online, several social media users began comparing Trisha\u2019s appearance to one of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan\u2019s iconic saree looks from the early 2000s.Internet users dug up an old photograph of Aishwarya from her meeting with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee<\/a> in 2000, where the actress wore a similar blue saree with golden embroidery.Aishwarya had styled the saree with traditional gold jewellery, a centre-parted bun, winged eyeliner and pink lipstick. <\/p>\n

\u2018Nandini and Kundavai\u2019<\/p>\n

As the images went viral, fans also began connecting the two actresses through their characters from Mani Ratnam\u2019s Ponniyin Selvan: I and Ponniyin Selvan: II.One X user shared the pictures side-by-side and captioned them, \u201cNandini and Kundavai,\u201d referring to the characters played by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Trisha Krishnan in the films.Another user compared Trisha\u2019s appearance with a still of Aishwarya from Kandukondain Kandukondain, while several others called Aishwarya\u2019s original appearance \u201cthe template.\u201dOne Instagram post comparing the two looks also incorrectly claimed that Aishwarya had worn the saree in Iruvar. However, fans later clarified that the viral image was actually from her meeting with Atal Bihari Vajpayee and not from the film. <\/p>\n

Vijay becomes Tamil Nadu Chief Minister<\/p>\n

On May 10, 2026, Vijay, president of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, officially took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.His victory marked a major political shift in the state, as Tamil Nadu got its first non-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and non-All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government in nearly six decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The swearing-in ceremony of Thalapathy Vijay as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu turned into one of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[38525,245021,245024,49,48,75,337,245023,69112,71844,245025,245020,245022,245026],"class_list":["post-663212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-aishwarya-rai-bachchan","tag-aishwarya-rai-bachchan-saree","tag-atal-bihari-vajpayee","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-tamil-nadu-chief-minister","tag-thalapathy-vijay","tag-trisha-krishnan","tag-trisha-krishnan-aishwarya-rai-bachchan","tag-trisha-krishnan-saree","tag-vijay-swearing-in-ceremony","tag-vijay-swearing-in-ceremony-tamil-nadu-chief-minister"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}